WFAA NEWS 8: Dallas Police are investigating an incident near the Omni Hotel and Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center. Please avoid this area. A family reunification center has been established at Dallas Police Headquarters, 1400 Botham Jean Blvd. Sources tell WFAA that parents were fighting at the convention center. Numerous social media users expressed concern…… MORE
Gene Hackman And His Wife Tested Negative For Carbon Monoxide, Sheriff Says
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities investigating the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife are waiting for more details from their autopsies to determine why they died. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said Friday that both tested negative for carbon monoxide. Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found Wednesday at the…… MORE
Texas Measles Cases Rise To 146 In An Outbreak That Led To A Child’s Death
DALLAS (AP) — Texas health officials say the number of people with measles has increased to 146 in rural West Texas outbreak that led this week to the death of a school-aged child who was not vaccinated. The Texas Department of State Health Services said Friday that the number of cases in the outbreak had…… MORE
Microsoft Shutting Down Skype In May
Microsoft is closing down Skype, the video-calling service it bought for $8.5 billion in 2011 and which had helped spark a transformation in how people communicate online. The tech giant said Friday it will retire Skype in May and shift some of its services to Microsoft Teams, its flagship videoconferencing platform. Skype users will be…… MORE
A Dallas District Court Judge Rules in Favor of the Decriminalization of Marijuana in Dallas
(WBAP/KLIF) – Attorney General Ken Paxton has lost a bid to stop the City of Dallas from enforcing its ban on arresting people for low-level marijuana possession. On Friday, a Dallas County district judge rejected Paxton’s request for a temporary injunction. The state argued that since recreational marijuana is illegal the City of Dallas is…… MORE